Towel cabinet



Nov. 4 1924. 1,514,399

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Patented Nov. 4,- i924.

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EEANK 1vr-.sTErNEE, or MrNNEAroLIs, NiNNEsoTA, AssreNoE, EY MEsNEAssreN-y MENTS, To sTEINEE. sALEs COMPANY, or sALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, AcoEronATroN or uTArr.v

- TOWEL CABINET.

` application mea may 24, 1920. serial Nq. 383,781.

To all whomit may co/noem: s

Be it knownthat I, FRANK M. STELNER,

a citizen of the United States, resident of llVIinneapolis9 county ofHennepin, State yof Minnesota, have invented 'certain new and usefulImprovements in Towel Cabinets,`of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to provide ay Ifolls towel cabinet fromwhich all gears, n 10 and other devices which add to the expense of thecabinet are eliminated. .y AA further object is tok provide a cabinetadapted to receive the bolt of toweling folded livery tothe user,` andthereby the laborand time required for winding the towel on a roll isavoided. y p A further objecty is toprovide a cabinet of suchconstruction of the towel can not possibly come in contact and becontaminated by the soiled pori tion of the towel'. i v n A furtherobject is to provide a cabinet which will be easily accessible for thepurpose of'placing a clean towel therein and which will allow theconvenient Vremoval of the s oiled towel. v s

yOther, objects of the invention will kappear from the followingdetailed description.

The invention lconsists generally in various constructionsandcombinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed outinthe claims.

'In' the accompanying drawings forming l is l a vertical sectional viewFigure V a towelv cabinet embodying my inthrough vention,

Figure 2 is a 40 net. l

` Figure?, is a sectional viewof a cabinet embodying a modifiedconstruction,

Figure 4 is a similar view, showing the i vbolt ofv towelingv wound on aroll instead of folded back and forth upon itself within thecompartment'of the cabinet.

In the drawings,` 2 represents a` suitable cabinet of wood, having aclosed top and bottom and side walls and adapted to be front elevationof the cabi- .50 mounted on a suitable support. Within this frequentlyis done.'

-compartment and over ,this

as it comes from the mangle forA de-v that the clean portionV mounted onthe door andI adapted to bear on cabinet' isa space or compartment k3that is adapted to receive the bolt of toweling 4 folded as discharged.by the-ironing maf chine lfor delivery tothe customer. The

towel yin ythis folded kform is'deliveredby the ylaundry tothe place'where the cabinet: is located and inserted into the chamber .ory f.

compartment, all without the necessity of y refolding or r,winding thetowel` on a roll, as

. A partition 5 forms one side Wall of the'y artition one end ofthertowel is fed between he partition and a door 6 .that forms the frontof the cabinetl andthrough which, when open byturning on the hingesshown in Fig. 2, the clean towel is inserted. A weighted arm .7. ishinged at 8 on the rear wall'of the cabinet andis adapted to rest on theupper endvoffthe partition 5. This arm serves to retard the feedofthe-towel and providessuiiieient friction to prevent the towel fromsliding out ofthe compartment when the; door ofk the cabinet is open.Pressure springs 9 are 76 the 'towel and hold itl against the partition5 with sufficient friction to resist any unnecessary or unusual feed ofthe towel when 4the cabinet -is'in use.

I prefer also to place a bracket Vor plate 10 on the lower endl ofthendoor adapted to engage the towel and pressin inwardly so that whenlthe used portion ofthe towel fis released, it` will be directed intothe recep-r tacle l1 beneath` where the towel will accu-85 mulate untilentire y used and then be re,- moved and taken back vto the laundry. y i

The receptaclell preferably Vhas an inclinedj forward wall 12l` toprovide a'V wide mouth or opening for the receptacle and preferablyprojects'beyond the front of the cabinetr so that when the user releasesthe Y towel it will drop by gravity into the receptacle and the inwardlyprojecting bracket- V10 will aid in keeping the clean portion of 95sliding` n p In igure 3 I have shown a casing 13 having a partition 5utherein corresponding to the one described with reference tothe otherfigures and a chamber 3a in which the folded bolt of toweling is'placed,the free end of the toweling'being carried over the partition 5a' downthrough the space 13 in the lrear of the ypartition and through anopening 14 in the bottom of the casing: The sliding of the towel out ofthe casing 1s prevented by the weighted arm 7a that is mounted in thetop of the cabinet and has a lower portion that is adapted to bear ontheltoweling. Access to the cabinet may be h ad in any suitable way, bymeans of a door 1n the top `or side walls, as preferred. The receptaclebeneath corresponds to the one described and I will indicate it by thesame reference figures.

The principal difference in 'thet'vvo constructions is that thepartition is in the rear of 'the cabinet so that the toweling is de-`livered adjacent the rear wall instead at the front of the cabinet. Thetowel, when used,

is allowed'to drop into the receptacle beneath anda 'clean portion vwillalways be within convenient reach ofthe person standing in front of thecabinet.

- n Figure 4 a similar construction is shown, except that the bolt oftoweling instead of being folded back and forth as it comes from theironing machine, is wound on a roll 15 that is supported by a suitablemeans within the casing where it may de'- liver the Lend of the towel inthe rear of the partition to a point where the user may conveniently.grasp itland unwind a suilicient amount ,forhis needs. 'f

A similar weighted arnra' is shown mounted in the top of the casing and.adapted 'to bear on the bolt of toweling as it passes over therearpartition.

In all these constructions `simplicity of construction is n apredominating feature. Gears, drive belts and operating mechanism ofvarious kinds have been eliminated, it being only necessary in fillingthe lcabinet to place the folded bolt of toweling therein, extend theloose end over the partition to a point where it can beconvenientlyreached by the user, close the door of the cabinet and the device isready for use. This bolt of toxveling forms in effect a series ofindividual towels joined together. It is the most convenient andcheapest lforni of towel to handle in the laundry. lt is not necessaryto wind it on a roll and it may be placed in the cabinet in folded fornias delivered by the ironing machine.

- I claim as my invention:

l. A towel cabinet comprising a casing having aspace therein to receivea bolt of toweling, a wall mounted in said casing and over which theloose end of the bolt of toweling is fed, a door having means for normally pressing the toweling against sald wall to resist feed of thetoweling, an arm mounted to beary on they toweling, and check thepfeedthereof when the door is open, the loose end of the bolt of towelingdepending outside the casing within convenient reach of the user andfalling cabinet as the toweling is used.

2. A towel cabinet comprising a casing having a door in the vfrontthereof and a space within the casing adapted to receive a boltoftoweling, a guide interposed between said door and the space for thetoweling and over which the loose end of the towel is fed to theuser,vsaid door having means thereon for exerting a yielding pressure onthe towel'to prevent premature feedthereof, the towel being delivered bythe pull of the user thereon. n l

3. A towel cabinet comprising a casing, a door therefor, said casinghaving a space therein to receive a bolt of toweling, the free end ofthe towel being fed from said casing between said space and door,a'soiled towel receptacle'whe'rein the towel falls when released by theuser, and means adjacent said casing for pressing y of the towelinwardly so that when the web of towel below said'pressing means is usedand released, it will ceptacle.

4. A towel cabinet comprising a casing adapted to be supported on thewall and having a floor, rear, and side walls a front door and a closedAtop, said iioor having a gap or opening therein at one side, an uprightvpartition on said floor adjacent said gap, between which uprightpartition and the'front door of said casing a chamber for the cleantowel bolt is formed, the web of clean towel resting on the upper edgeof said partition and passing down through said gap to 4a point withinconvenient reach of the user, and an arm pivoted at one endin saidcasing and adapted to rest by gravity at its other end over thepartition upon the web of towel the end of said arm being supported bysaid partition, the weight of said arm on said towel resisting itssliding movement on said partition and retarding the delivery of theclean web of towel.

the loose depending endy be directed into said re-` y bolt of toweling,a wall'mounted vertically venient reach of theuser, a door forming 10 insaid compartment and projecting above the outer wall of said space, andmeans the bolt of toweling therein, said wall havmounted on said doorfor pressin the town ing an upper ed e on which the Jfree end of clingagainst the said wall to yiel 'ngly re- 5 the bolt of towe ing isadapted to rest and sist th'e too rapid feed of the towel from theslide, and said cabinet having a space and cabinet. 15 an opening on theopposite side of said well In witness whereof, I have hereunto set fromthe bolt cf toweling through which the myhand this 19th day of May 1920.loose end is adapted to depend within con- FRAN K M. STEINER.

